PSY 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Prospective Memory, Aging Brain, Neuron
17 Sep 2020
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Your physical abilities peak at around age 20. If you mature earlier, you peak earlier. Physical vigor has less to do with age than to do with a person"s health and exercise habits. Aging brings a gradual decline in fertility for women, its menopause: menopause: the time of natural cessation of menstruation, also refers to the biological changed a woman"s experiences as her ability to reproduce declines. Men also experience physical disadvantages and other things as well. Life expectancy: from 1950 to 2011, the life expectancy has risen almost double what it used to be, although there are more men than women, the life expectancy for men is low. They die earlier: low stress and good habits enable longevity. Sensory abilities: we aren"t aware of our decline in physical abilities until much later in life, muscle strength, reaction time, and stamina grow weaker, pupils shrink. Health: the immune system weakens, and older adults become more susceptible to like threating ailments.
